Method of treating garlicky wheat



Dec. 4 1923. 1,476,131

R. L. WINTERS ET AL METHOD OF TREATING GARLIcKY WHEAT Filed June 20, 1923 SEPHHFITOR FL IKZ/i/67j5 CZH h iiffijj attoz nu;

Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

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AT-en METHOD or TREATING GAR ICKYWHEATE To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, RALPH Li WINTERS and JoHN H. VJINTERS, r citizens. of the United States, residing at Clarksville, in the county'of Montgomery and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and" useful Improvements'in Methods ofTreatof a small additional element for feeding, a-

dehydrating compoundto the wheat.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dehydrating compound for use in treating garlicky'wheat which at the same time decomposes and dehydrates the garlic,

' v and onions;v

A further object of the invention is to a provide a method of treating wheat to elimi nate garlic and onions therefrom in which heating of the wheat is eliminated,'thereby eliminating the injurious effect to the wheatusually resulting from such treatment.

These and other objects we attain by the apparatus disclosed in the accompanying drawings in which'the "figure discloses a dia gramsliowing the arrangement of the elements employed in carrying out the method. In this diagram the numeral 10 designates a separator, such as commonly employed in mills, and the numeral 11 a scourer which is likewise of the usual construction, The wheat leaving the separator is delivered to the scourer 11 by a c-onveyer 12. and from the scourer 11 passes'through a worm conveyer 13 in which the wheat moves slowly and is thoroughly agitated, this conveyer leading to a storagebin 14 In accordance with our invention 'we provide at the entrance end of the worm conveyer 13 a feed ing device 15 of any suitable character by means of which a dehydrating element may be fed to the wheat as it passes through the conveyor and thoroughly mixed therewith, so that when the wheat and onions contained therein-are discharged to the storage bin 1 they are coated with this compound. As a compound we preferably'employ either hy- Application filed we 20, 1923. seriai'i ofc iacso.

drated lime .or hydrated lime containing small percentage of'sodium' bicarbonate.

As is well known to those familiar with the milling art, wheat in the .process of rep aration for milling is first passed through" the ordinary cleaning'machinery employed at the mill, consisting' o'f theseparator 10- andfscou'rer '11, hereinbeio're referred to.

l/Vhile'the specific structure of these elements" is not herein disclosed it is well known that a separator is "efiectiveto, remove' large separator. These separators embody blowers for'removing chafi' and light onionsand from all garlic except those portions approximately the same size and weight'as the grains of wheat. This wheat is'delivered to the scourer and durin its passage through the scourer, due to'the beating action to which it is subjected, the onion seedlets are bruise'd'and the skins thereofbroken, with the result that the juices from theseedlets escape and ordinarily attach themselves to grainslor bulbs of garlic or onions and also those onion seed-lets which are smaller than the mesh of the separating screens of the the wheatwith their-(551111; that the flour produced from the wheat has the odor of gar- 11c and onion. In accordance w1th our in-" vention, as the wheat leaves the scourer and.

is delivered to'thefconveyer 13, We intermingle therewith and; with the onions contained therein, by means of the feeding de-j Vice15, hydrated lime which is thoroughly mixed with the wheat during its passage through the conveyer 13 so that it covers each and every part thereof. The lime c'overing the wheat absorbs not only the mois turefreed by the crushed skins and bulbs of onions and garlic, but likewise completely eliminates the smell resulting from. the.

crushing of: these seeds. It has been found advisable to leave the wheatand onions in-j 'termingled with the dehydrating compound or lime in the storage bin lt for at least five a I days,"althou'gh better effects will be obtained by allowing the mixture of the composition 1 and wheat to remain in the storage bin for 'fifteen to twenty-five days: No harm results period of storage the composiis again passed through the separator and scourer With the result that the composition is separated from the Wheat and at the same time the dried bulbs of the onions and gar- 7 lie, being very light, Will be removed by t 1e air currents to Which they are subjected in the separator and scourer. Those bulbs which are shriveled and have considerable Weight Will be of such small sizeithat'they Will pass through the screens of the separator "in the process of separation andthus be eliminated. In addition to the hydrated. lime, above referred to, for use as a dehydrating compound, We have found it. advisable'to' employ with the lime a small percent-. age of sodium bicarbonate, since it has-been vfound that this element has a tendency to speed up the decomposition of the onions and garlic and permitting the lime to act thereon much more rapidly. It has been found that Wheat treated in accordance With theforegoing is not only free from the odor of onion and garlic but that the loaf volume thereof is increased and the quality of the flour produced improved. It is found that Wheat can be treated With this process at a cost. not exceeding three-quarters of a cent per bushel, except in excessive cases. It will, of course, be understood that in cases Where an extreme amount of garlic and onionsare contained therein a greater amount of the dehydrating compound must be employed. It will, of course, be obvious that the better the onions and garlic are torn up and bruised the more quickly the drying compound .Will act to completely dry them and accordingly Where an excessive amount of onions and garlic are contained in the Wheat it is often advisable to pass the same through the separator and scourer several times before adding the drying compound thereto.

It will. furthermore be obvious that other dehydrating elements maybe found suitable for this purpose and We accordinglydo not" limit ourselves specificallyto the use of lime or a mixture of lime and sodium bicarbonate,

except as hereinafter claimed;

We claim z- I 1. The method of treating garlicky Wheat, consisting in cleaning-and scouring the wheat, adding to the Wheat a dehydrating com pound, storing the Wheat for a prolonged o period to'per'mitthe dehydrating compound to act upon the onions and garlic contained cleaning the Wheat- 3. The method of treating garlicky Wheat, consisting in cleaning and i scouring the Wheat, adding to the Wheat hydrated lime, thoroughly mixing the lime andwheat, storing the Wheat a-sufiicient length'of time to permit the lime to act upon the onions and garlic contained therein andrecleaning the Wheat. 1

4. Themethod of treating garlicky Wheat, consisting in treating the Wheat'to break the cells of the onions and garlic-containedv therein, thoroughly intermingling With'the Wheat a smallpercentage of lime, storing the wheat a sufficient length oftime to permit the lime to act upon and vdehydrate the onions and garlic contained in the heat.

In testimony whereof We hereunto aflix our signatures.

RALPH L. WINTERS. JOHN n-vvrnrnns.

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